Jihad academy
Subtitle: the rise of Islamic State
By: Nicolas Hénin ; translated from the French by Martin Makinson
Contributors: Makinson, Martin, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789385436338; 9781408879801
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Terrorism; Islam; Terrorists; Jihad; Geopolitics; History; General; Political Science; International Relations; IS (Organization)
Work titles: Jihad academy
Description: When you keep repeating that the worst is about to happen, it finally does. The threat of terrorism has caught up with us. By invading Iraq in 2003 and not intervening in Syria since 2011, we have helped fuel radicalization. And we continue to fuel it, by making diplomatic compromises with dictators, by refusing to heed the suffering of populations, and by failing to invent counter-speech. What is the responsibility of our societies in the creation of these new jihadists? How are they molded? How have we played the Islamic State's game and spread its propaganda, allowing it to invade our neighborhoods and enlist more and more recruits ready to fight for a distorted fantasy of Islam? Nicolas Hénin presents the case against the West, showing how its mistakes and inaction have contributed to the disaster. He also advances possible strategies to repair what can still be repaired.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Marketing Secularism; 2 Birth of the Jihadists; 3 Money Talks; 4 A Self-fulfilling Prophecy; 5 Whoâ#x80;#x99;s Killing Whom? And, More Importantly, How Many?; 6 Syria and Iraq: Two Countries, One Destiny; 7 The Kobane Scam; 8 The Dabiq Miracle; 9 Restoring Ties; 10 Understanding Islamic State; Conclusionâ#x80;#x94;A New State of Barbarity; Acknowledgements; Index; Back Cover.